Abstract: The Moore Dry Dock Company Ships Plans collection (HDC 1065) consists of naval architecture and marine engineering drawings
from the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, CA. It contains 21,700 drawings dating from 1882 to 1962. The company was first
established in 1905 as the Moore & Scott Iron Works and then transitioned to the Moore Shipbuilding Company in 1917 with the
United States' entry into World War One. It finally became Moore Dry Dock Company in 1923.

Physical Location: Historic Documents Department

Language:
In English.

Indexing Terms

The following are indexing terms related to the description of this collection.

Shipbuilding industry--United States--History--20th century

Ships--Reconstruction

Naval architecture--Designs and plans

Marine engineering--Designs and plans

Ships plans

Naval architects

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ANCS+ Catalog No. SAFR 20962.
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History

Agency History
The Moore Dry Dock Company was established as the Moore & Scott Iron Works in 1905; changed to the Moore Shipbuilding Company
at the start of World War One in 1917, and became Moore Dry Dock Company in 1923. With a long history of steel shipbuilding,
the Moore Dry Dock Company, along with the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, was one of two major Bay Area shipyards that
had participated in the 1917 wartime shipbuilding program, survived the Great Depression and could provide the experience
for supplying the United States government's maritime demands during World War II. The company ceased operations in 1961 and
was sold to Flug and Strassler, which was subsequently sold to Schnitzer Steel.

The Moore Dry Dock Company collection includes plans created by its predecessor and associated organizations, such as Risdon
Iron Works, Moore & Scott Iron Works, Moore Shipbuilding, National Iron Works, W.A. Boole & Son shipyard, and Pacific Coast
Shipbuilding Company. The drawings from Risdon Iron Works are likely in the collection due to Joseph Moore, Sr. and Robert
S. Moore both serving as superintendents at Risdon Iron Works (1868-1905). The drawings from the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding
Company originated from John T. Scott, a partner and founder of the company. Scott was a former partner with Robert S. and
Joseph A. Moore in the Moore and Scott Iron Works (1905-1917). Moore & Scott Iron Works purchased National Iron Works in 1905
and the W.A. Boole & Son shipyard in 1909. In addtion, plans originating from Union Iron Works, W.P. Hincks, Skinner & Eddy
Corporation, F.W. Shaw, Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, David W. Dickie, and Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.
are also present in the collection.

The collection was donated to San Francisco Maritime Museum in the early 1960s. The latest date of a drawing in the collection
is from the Haviside company, dated November 11, 1962. In his book, "The Story of Moore Dry Dock Company", James R. Moore
states that the company closed in 1961. When they were acquired, the drawings appear to have been rolled into large groups
of 60-300 sheets while some plans were received folded.

The San Francisco Maritime Museum's collections were acquired by the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Recreational
Area as part of the Maritime Unit in 1978. The collections were transferred after the establishment of a separate San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park in 1988.

Acquisition

Accession number SAFR-00001.

Scope and Content

The Moore Dry Dock Company Ships Plans collection (HDC 1065) consists of naval architecture and marine engineering drawings
from the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, CA. It contains 21,700 drawings dating from 1882 to 1962. The company was first
established in 1905 as the Moore & Scott Iron Works and then transitioned to the Moore Shipbuilding Company in 1917 with the
United States' entry into World War One. It finally became Moore Dry Dock Company in 1923.

The subseries 3.1 includes 1937 plans for the conversion of the ferry SAN PEDRO to the "Clubhouse for Women's Clubhouse Association,
Golden Gate International Exposition" by architect William Wurster. While the conversion never took place, Wurster went on
to design the Yerba Buena Club (Women's Clubhouse) as well as the Argentine Pavilion, the Decorative Arts Exhibit, the Fuller-Pittsburg
Exhibit and the Maritime Exhibit for the Exposition. The subseries also has blue prints of the 1962 replica H.M.S. BOUNTY
(midsection, plan and profile construction) built for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios' production of "Mutiny on the Bounty." A
large group of ferry plans by naval architect Philip Spaulding (best known for designing 440-foot jumbo class ferries) are
located in subseries 3.1 and 3.3.

While the inclusive date range begins with 1768 resulting from a small number of photocopied drawings from the British Admiralty,
the bulk of the original Moore Dry Dock Company drawings date from 1916 to 1954.

This Series consists of multiple sheets of plans, which have been re-housed on 133 acid-free tubes. The plans are organized
by types of projects such as the repair or installation of hoists, shafts, boilers, piping, winches, rigging, etc. Types of
vessels being fitted include ferries, steam ships, tankers, freighters, US Coast Guard Cutters, dredges and schooners. The
processes represented are blueprint, diazo, and Van Dyke (brownline and brownprint). Supports are drafting cloth (linen),
tracing paper, vellum, and paper; applications include pencil, ink, and annotations in grease pencil.

Series 2.
CROWN CITY motor ferry ships plans, 1953.
61 items

This series contains 61 construction plans for the San Diego & Coronado Ferry Co. motor ferry CROWN CITY (Hull 308) built
in 1953 and launched in 1954. The plans are blueprints and diazos, folded and housed in two 17" x 12" x 4" boxes. Copy of
original "Plan Schedule" is housed in Box 1.

Series 3.
Ship plans, flattened, 1768-1966, bulk 1916-1954

Subseries 3.1
Ship plans, 1768-1966
1,892 items

The subseries contains Moore & Scott Iron Works drawings range in date from 1890-1922. Other early date ranges within the
Series are as follows: Risdon Iron Works 1898-1905, W.A. Boole & Son 1905-1907, Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Co. 1917-1919,
National Iron Works 1889-1896, Union Iron Works 1909-1926. In addition, it contains a small number of photocopied drawings
from the British Admiralty, dated 1768-1813.

The subseries consists of drawings which appear to have been removed from drawers, rolled into large groups of 60 - 300 sheets,
and donated to the San Francisco Maritime Museum in the early 1960's. Museum staff members flattened the plans, numbered them
consecutively (#1 through #2156), and placed them in folders. An index, hand written on 3" x 5" cards, reflects the original
order of the rolls at the time of the inventory. Each card has a number matching that of its corresponding plan. The processes
represented are blueprint, diazo, and Van Dyke (brownline and brownprint). Supports are drafting cloth (linen), tracing paper,
vellum, and paper; applications include pencil, ink, and annotations in grease pencil. In drawer B8.15 there are 12 drawings
which have been separated from the rest of the collection due to mold damage (seven of these have inventory numbers) and 14
mass-produced lithograph line drawings of historic vessels (SANTA MARIA, MAYFLOWER, CONSITUTION, FLYING CLOUD etc.) heat mounted
on paperboard, lacking inventory numbers.

This subseries consists of folded plans that were arranged into small groups of separate file units during the 1995 survey
and inventory. The inventory sheets created in 1995 remain with the file units.

Most of the drawings in drawers B7.17 and B7.18 are of pumps, valves, oil coolers and other small equipment. Many of the drawings
refer to the transport vessel HENRY T. ALLEN from 1942. 169 plans. NOTE: subseries 1 also contains 125 drawings of the HENRY
T. ALLEN. Drawer B7.17 also contains a few drawings of shipyards (Todd Shipbuilding Co., Tacoma WA and Marinship in Sausalito
CA). Drawings in drawer B7.18 are labeled "Misc. Ships" and pertain to vessels such as the TALAMANCA, CHIRIQUI, JAMAICA and
BLACK HERON. 78 plans.